Khalid Samad fails in bid to declare Syariah enactment unconstitutional


PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court has refused Shah Alam MP Khalid Samad's (pic) bid to question the constitutionality of a religious law on preaching about Islam without credentials.

The three-person panel led by Chief Justice Md Raus Sharif unanimously denied leave, on grounds of a lack of merit.

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